telstar

     

Telstar was the first active communications satellite (launche in 1962), and the first satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications. Its name is used to this day for a number of television broadcasting satellites.

Trivia about telstar

  • Launched July 10, 1962, the first satellite in this series could handle up to 600 phone calls or 1 TV signal at once!
  • Reaching No. 1 in 1962, this song was the first by a British group to top the U.S. charts
  • On July 10, 1962 this low-orbit communications satellite was launched
  • On July 10, 1962, this satellite relayed the first live TV images across the Atlantic from the United States to France

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